The £37m pledged by local organisations towards youth crime prevention has led to partnerships forming between these groups and youth offending teams. Emily Rogers looks at how these alliances are working. The near doubling of the £45m made available by the Youth Justice Board (YJB) for crime prevention through an extra £37m from local partner organisations (YPN, 31 May-6 June, p2) shows preventing crime is no longer seen as the sole preserve of youth offending teams. And the discussions between youth offending teams (YOTs) and children's services on how to spend the money has led to the emergence of several...